The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1887-06-24
miscellaneous.
"REMINISCENCES OFTwENTY YEARS
AGO
In the Second District.

In the Second District.
NO. II.
For the EgiS and InteLtgeacer.
Perhaps the largest family in the vicinity
of llopewell twenty years ago was the Bow.
man family. The Baileys, Gorrells, Gallons
l}a.dwns, Sheridaus, McCOmmons and
Walkers would come next, in about the order
named rs to size Uncle Henry Bowman, "
was familiar name to every one. He had a
large family, and he was good, kind, old
gentleman, who has been gathered to his
fathers Two of his promising sons died in
early manhood, namely, George and Benja.
min. They sleep at Rock Run Hon. VIM. S.
Bowman is, perhaps, the most wid,ly-&uown
son. lie is bIight, Intelligent gentleman,
one of whom the community should feel
proud. He has few supeiinrs us II public
speaker and was always prominent in the
debating society. In his profession as uuc-
tioneer and surveyor, he hrs made many
substantial friends.
Mr.. Elijah Rogers, kept shoemaker shop,
and later harness makers shop, near Level
He raised crcdtab!c family of sons, his
daughter Maria having died in grlhood. His
son William entered the war, and lost an arm
in the defence of his country. He is now a
Lieutenant in the regular army on the from
tier.
Mr. Skipwilh Gorrell and his bright and
intelligent sou, Bontield, are too wel-knOwn
in the neighborhood TO need comment from
my feeble pen.
Among the Gallon family / rcmen Der
James b. GALLON, Parker GALLON, Joseph
Gallon and their families.
They were all good citizens, and in nct
the neghborhood was usually quiet and
sedalr No tavern ever disgraced the place,
which is saying ii all in nutshell.
/ remember one evening in summer, Il col
ored man came along the road and sat down
on an old telegraph pole, along the roadside,
opposite the store. He was sick, and could
scarcely talk. Several persons did all they
could to give him relief, but he died about
dark, and the colored people of the vicinity,
assisted by the whites, gave him decent
burial.
This leads me 10 name few colored peo-
pie, some Of them well known-Charles Gar
rctt, Il butcher, Isaac Washington, Ned Wax
wood, James WaXwood, John Presbury and
Buddy, and David Smothers. They had u
church and school-house close at hand, and
were, as a rule, decent and well-behaved.
The Spencer and the Cooley families, of
the Second district, were both large. Not
only large but creditable, upright people
were they all.
The postoflice was located at the store,
which was kept by Messrs. Harvey Mitchell,
John G. Rouse, Henley and Proctor, and
James B. Henley, respectively, in the order
named. TWAS head quarters for everything,
from the nominating of the next President
down to ghost story.
The old place was made lively ON one &C.
asion by fox hunt. People came from
every quarter and such u time, when the fox
was liberated, was never seen before. Some
said the creature rolled some said he did not,
and the crowd was evenly divided as TO
whether it did or whether it did not.
was one who said it did not, and stick to it,
for had all the eyes % in my possession look
ing straight at it. In my next | will gi"e
you Midtown, or as it is now called Avondalc,
and something about how the place was
named. OsCEoLA.